Prof. Saiju Jacob, Neurologist
Prof. Saiju Jacob
Neurologist
Prof. Saiju Jacob
Neurologist
Areas of expertise
- Cerebrovascular diseases
- Epilepsy
- Multiple sclerosis
- Peripheral nerve disease
- Autoimmune encephalitis
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The Harborne Hospital, part of HCA Healthcare UK
Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, B15 2FQ
About Prof. Saiju Jacob
GMC number: 5203628
Year qualified: 1998
Place of primary qualification: University of Kerala
Saiju Jacob did his early neurology training at the Atkinson Morley’s/St George’s Hospital in London, later moving to the West Midlands where he completed his specialist training. He did a neuromuscular / neuroimmunology fellowship under the guidance of Prof. Angela Vincent and Dr David Hilton-Jones at the University of Oxford. His doctoral thesis was on the clinical, immunological and neurophysiological aspects of myasthenia gravis. He is currently a Consultant Neurologist at the University Hospitals of Birmingham. He is also an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, where he looks into various neuroimmunological aspects of peripheral and central nervous system disorders.
Areas of expertise
- Autoimmune encephalitis
- Epilepsy
- General neurology including headaches, blackouts and involuntary movements
- Multiple sclerosis
- Myasthenia gravis
- Neuroimmunology including myasthenia
- Utoimmune encephalitis
- Stiff person syndrome
- Paraneoplastic syndromes
- Immune complications of oncological therapy
- Peripheral nerve disease
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